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Title:

The road to Brown [videorecording] / a film from California Newsreel ; a presentation of the University of Virginia ; executive producer, William Elwood ; produced and directed by Mykola Kulish ; written by William Elwood, Larry Adelman, Gary Weimberg, Larry Daressa, Mykola Kulish.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

California Newsreel,

Copyright Date:

1990

Description:

1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Discrimination in education--History.--United States--History.
Segregation in education--History.--United States--History.
Houston, Charles Hamilton,--1895-1950.
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
African Americans--History.--History.
African American lawyers--Biography.
African Americans--History.--History.
Constitutional history--United States.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.

Other Authors:

Elwood, William A.
Kulish, Mykola.
Adelman, Larry.
Weimberg, Gary.
Daressa, Larry.
Jones, Steven A.
Aginsky, Yasha.
California Newsreel (Firm)
University of Virginia.

Notes:

Narrator: Steven Anthony Jones.

Summary:

Tells the story of the legal campaign that led to the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954; presents the role of Charles Hamilton Houston, chief counsel to the NAACP, in the cases which led to Brown vs. Board of Education. Gives a history of segregation, Jim Crow Laws, the NAACP and biographical information on persons influential in the desegregation movement.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)705270691

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)